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power 2026-05-08
The Government Is Now Testing AI Models Before They Launch. The Companies That Designed the Tests Are the Same Ones Being Tested.
CAISI signed pre-deployment AI evaluation agreements with Google, Microsoft, and xAI. Anthropic, whose Mythos model triggered the program, is not on the list.
power 2026-05-07
Trump Killed Biden's AI Safety Framework. Then He Built the Same Thing and Called It Something Else.
The Center for AI Standards and Innovation just signed testing agreements with Google DeepMind, Microsoft, and xAI. It is functionally identical to the AI Safety Institute that Trump disbanded. The question is why it took a near-miss called Mythos to change his mind.
power 2026-05-06
The Government Will Test Your AI Before You Get It. The Companies Volunteered.
NIST signed testing agreements with Google, Microsoft, and xAI. The trigger was Anthropic's Mythos. The structure rewards the compliant and punishes no one.